Tanya L. Pollard

Tanya Pollard studied classics and English, and comparative literature, at Oxford and Yale. She taught at Macalester College and Montclair State University before coming to Brooklyn College. Her books include Drugs and Theater in Early Modern England (Oxford, 2005); Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook (Blackwell, 2004); and Shakespearean Sensations: Experiencing Literature in Early Modern England, co-edited with Katharine Craik (Cambridge, 2013). Awards include a Rhodes Scholarship, an NEH Fellowship and a Whiting Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching. She is a member of the Council of Scholars for Theatre for a New Audience and has appeared on television in conversation with Ethan Hawke in Shakespeare Uncovered: Macbeth (BBC/PBS 2013) and with Christopher Plummer in Shakespeare Uncovered: King Lear (BBC 2015).

Education:

Ph.D., Yale University - 1999 (Literature, Comparative)

M.A., Oxford University - 1992 (Classics and English)

B.A., Yale University - 1990 (English)

Areas of Expertise:

Tanya Pollard teaches and writers on Shakespeare, early modern drama, history of emotions and the body, and classical reception. She is currently writing a book about the impact of Greek plays in 16th-century Europe, and their consequences for the reinvention of tragedy and comedy in early modern England.

Pollard, Tanya and Tania Demetriou, eds. Greek Texts and the Early Modern English Stage: A Special Issue of Classical Receptions Journal. Expected 2017. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2015

"A Kind of Wild Medicine: Revenge as Remedy in Early Modern England." Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 50: 57-69. Invitational contribution to special journal issue on changing paradigms in literature and science. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Drugs and Theater in Early Modern England. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2005

"'No Faith in Physic': Masquerades of Medicine Onstage and Off." Disease, Diagnosis and Cure on the Early Modern Stage: Praxis and Performance. Eds. Stephanie Moss and Kaara Peterson. Aldershot and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2004

"The Pleasures and Perils of Smoking in Early Modern England." Smoke: A Global History of Smoking. Eds. Sander Gilman and Zhou Xun. London: Reaktion Press. 38-45. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2004

Other Professional Activities

Appear in conversation with Christopher Plummer on stage history of King Lear in PBS documentary, Shakespeare Uncovered. See http://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/uncategorized/christopher-plummer-different-versions-king-lear/ 2015

Pollard, Tanya and Lisa Hopkins, co-editors of new series, Arden Studies in Early Modern Drama, published by Arden/Bloomsbury. Currently accepting new book proposals and manuscripts. 2015

Interviewed by Ethan Hawke in "Shakespeare Uncovered: Ethan Hawke on Macbeth," BBC/PBS documentary, aired in the United Kingdom in June 2012 and in the United States in January 2013. See online at http://video.pbs.org/video/2328956371 2013